[PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL] Appointment of Officers
Document 1798Requests letter and enclosure be "burnt as soon as they are read". Contents relative to the appointment officers to Cavalry and McHenry's lack of communication on the current candidates.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Requests letter and enclosure be "burnt as soon as they are read". Contents relative to the appointment officers to Cavalry and McHenry's lack of communication on the current candidates.
Date
10/21/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Mount Vernon
Collection
Document number
1798102140001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in McHenry to Washington, 10/26/1798.
Notable persons
James McHenry
George Washington
President
officers
cavalry
Secretary of War
Nelly Custis
regiments
captains
subalterns
Revolutionary Army
Oliver Wolcott
President John Adams
Notable locations
Virginia
Southern Division of the Union
Mount Vernon
Notable items
commissions
letter